Cigarette rolling machine



Aug. 27, 1946. c, GALLUP 2,406,675

CIGARETTE ROLLING MACHINE Filed May 4, 1944 m INVENTOR, Z'fhel CGaZZup MAWY WW Patented Aug. 27, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE ROLLING lHACHINE Ethel Cleveland Gallup, New York, N. Y. Application May 4, 1944, 'Serial'N'o. 534,016 .6 Claims. (01. 131 51) The present invention relates to a cigarette making machine.

One of its objects is to provide a simple machine for making cigarettes of standard or king size or any other desirable size.

Another object is the provision of a cigarette making machine that simultaneously makes cigarettes and imprints them with the initials of a name, such as a monogram.

I These and other objects are attained by mechanism shown in the accompanying drawing, in

which Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire machine;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the entire machine drawn on the line 22 of Figure 1 showing the machine in readiness to make a cigarette;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2 showing a part of the machine after the cigarette has been made but before it is ejected from the rolling mechanism thereof; and

- Fig. 4 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the rolling mechanism of the machine.

The machine is housed in a casing II] which may consist of an elongated, rectangular box open at the top. Parallel, longitudinally and horizontally disposed slots II are formed in the sides I2 of said casing at a longer distance from casing rear end I3 than from casing front end I4.

Slidably mounted in said slots is a transversely disposed rod I5 whose ends project beyond thev sides I2 of said casing, said ends having affixed thereto knobs I6. 'Rotatably mounted on said rod I5 are a centrally disposed elongated roller H and two short end rollers I8. Arms I9 are affixed, respectively, to the outer ends of end rollers I8 and affixed to said arms, are fingers 20, said fingers being situated in axial alignment with each other, parallel to said rod I5.

Situated immediately below slots II is an elevated platform 2| which rises in a curved incline (designated 22) from, the floor 23 of casing I0 adjacent front casing end I4. At the line where incline 22 and the platform proper 2! meet, a downwardly disposed gland 24 is formed. At the opposite edge of platform 2| a valley 25 is formed,

. parallel to said edge and to casing ends I3 and I4. The valley rises to an overhanging ridge 26 which is higher than the platform 2 l the ridge then descending to casing floor 23, the descending portion thereof being designated by the numeral 21. The distance between casing slots I! on the one hand and the platform 2! on the other is such that rollers I1 and I8 readily pass over the platform with but slight clearance, when rod I5 is moved along said slots.

A metal die (or rubber stamp) 28 of the initials of a name, such as a monogram, is set in a recess 29 formed in platform 2i adjacent incline 22. I

Two plates 30 are affixed to platform descending portion 2] in such manner that they are situated in parallel planes, parallel to the planes in which casing sides I2 are disposed. Substantially U-shaped slots 3| are cut or otherwise formed, respectively, in said plates, one of the two arms of said slots being shorter than the other, the longer arm being open at the top. The shorter arm, which is closed at the top, is situated adjacent and parallel to the platform descending portion 21, and is designated'with.

the numeral 32. The longer arm which is open at the top, is also situated parallel to said platform descending portion 21 but not adjacentsaid web exposes said die 28.

A concave trough 38 closed at both ends 39 is aflixed at said ends to arms 49 which are pivoted by means of screws 4| to blocks 42, said blocks being fastened to the'casing sides 12 adjacent plates 30. A concave-convex plunger 43 is situated in said trough 38 being affiXed thereto by means of stems 43 which project respectively through holes 45 in said trough and are joined on the other side of said trough by means of handle bar 46. Said trough rests on brackets 47. When swung over with pivoted arms 40, trough 38 falls, upsid down, upon web 34, immediately above platform valley 25.

An inking pad 48 is affixed to transverse rod 49 which in turn is affixed to cam shaped arms 50,

said arms being pivoted, by means of screws 5I- to the casing sides I2 adjacent platform ridge 26. When rod 49 is swung over with said pivoted arms, inking pad 48 comes down, face forward,

through web opening 31 upon die 28.

The compartment 52 which is formed between rear casing end I3 and platform descending portion 2'! holds tobacco 51. When the machine is not in use a cover 53 carrying a knob 54 covers said compartment, said cover resting on end blocks 55 which are afiixed to casing end I3.

To operate the machine, tobacco 51 is taken from compartment 52 and placed in trough 38.

A sheet of cigarette paper 56 gummed at one edge and previously moistened, is placed on web 34 where web 34 falls into, and conforms to the curvature of, valley 25. The inking pad 48 on rod 49 is now swung over on pivoted arms 50 until it makes inking contact with die 28 through Web opening 31.

Trough 38 is now swung over with pivoted arms 40 until it falls on cigarette paper 56 on web 34. Handle bar 46 is pushed down and tobacco 51 is forced out of trough 38 and onto cigarette paper 56. The trough is now returned to its position of rest on brackets 41 and th machine is ready to make a cigarette.

Rod is, at this moment, resting at the rear end of slots II. It is now moved, by means of knobs IS in a frontward direction. Fingers meet the front wall of Valley and are stopped by it. Rod l5 continues in movement toward the front end of slots ll passing over fingers 20 which are being temporarily held behind by said front wall of valley 25. Since web 34 is held between fingers 20 and rod rollers l1 and I8,a rolling motion is imparted to said web and it assumes the form, substantially, of a rolling tube coiled around fingers 20. This rolling motion rolls the cigarette paper 56 around tobacco 51,

thus forming a cigarette. When the cigarette passes over die 28, the monogram is printed upon it. As rod l5 thus moves in a forward direction, it engages and raises cam shaped arms 50 thus raising inking pad 48 and passing under it. When rod I5 reaches the forward edge of platform 2|, the rolling motion of web 34 is completed, and the cigarette is ejected, being deposited upon sloping portion 22.

The machine hereinabove described is a preferred' embodiment of the invention herein claimed. It is given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. Variations may be provided without departing from the broad principles upon which the invention is based.

I claim:

1. A cigarette making machine comprising a casing, an elevated platform in said casing, a platform traversing center roller and two. end

rollers, a finger afiixed to each said end roller, a

web firmly affixed to the front edge of said platform and slidably mounted at the rear portion of said platform, said web being engaged by said fingers, a transverse valley formed in said platform to receive a portion of said web and to" engage said fingers, a die affixed to said platform, and an opening in said web registering wit said die.

2. In a cigarette making machine, a platform, a web covering said platform, platform traversing roller means to impart a rolling motion to said web, a die on said platform and an opening in said web to register with said die.

3. In a cigarette making machine in accordance with claim 1, an inking pad mounted on a rod affixed to a pair of cam shaped pivoted arms, said inking pad being adapted, when swung over with said arms, to come into inking contact with said die through said web opening, said cam shaped arms being adapted to engage said end rollersand to be elevated by them when they traverse said platform.

4. In a cigarette making machine in accordance with claim 1, a tobacco trough afiixed to a pair 0f pivoted arms, an elongated plunger corresponding in curvature to said trough and disposed in said trough, a handle bar afiixed to said plunger by means of stem portions projecting through apertures in said trough, said trough being adapted, when swung over with said pivoted arms, to deposit its tobacco upon said web where said web is received by said platform valley.

5. In a cigarette making machine in accordance with claim 2, roller means comprising an elongated rod, knobs affixed to the ends of said rod, a center roller and two flanking rollers mounted on said rod, a pair of arms affixed to the outer ends of said flanking rollers, and a pair of fingers affixed to said arms, said fingers being axially aligned with and extending toward each other, said fingers being axially parallel to said flanking rollers.

6. A cigarette making machine comprising a casing, an elevated platform in said casing, a platform traversing center roller and two end rollers, a finger aflixed to each said end roller, a web firmly affixed to the front edge of said platform and slidably mounted at the rear portion of said platform, said web being engaged by said fingers, a transverse valley formed in said platform to receive a portion of said web and to engage said fingers, a tobacco trough affixed to a pair of pivoted arms, an elongated plunger correspending in curvature to said trough and disposed in said trough, a handle bar affixed to said plunger'by means of stem portions projecting through apertures in said trough, said trough being adapted, when swung over with said pivoted arms, to'deposit its tobacco upon said web where said web is received by said platform valley.

ETI-IEL CLEVELAND GALLUP. 

